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Esperanza Rising - Packet #6
Los Aguacates (Avocados) – 179-198
Los Espárragos (Asparagus) - 199-213
Chapter 10 - Los Aguacates (Avocados) – 179-198
1. How long will Esperanza have to work to bring Abuelita to California (179-180)?
2. Even if she gets the money, what is another obstacle that she must confront (180)?
3. What does Esperanza do to help heal her hands (180-181)? How does it connect to
her old life in Mexico?
4. What does Esperanza realize on page 182? Why is this important?
Susceptible (183):
5. What medical issue does Mama encounter next (182-183)? Why does this happen?
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6. What does the doctor recommend (183)?
Bedraggled (183):
7. How has Esperanza been behaving lately (185-186)? Why do you think this is?
8. Why do Esperanza and Miguel have to drive farther to go shop at Yakota’s store
(186-187)?
9. What does Miguel’s father say about Mr. Yakota (188)? Do you think he’s right?
10. What other forms of discrimination has Esperanza heard about (188)?
11. What does the piñata remind Esperanza of (189-190)? What does she plan to do with
it?
12. Where is Marta going (193)? Why?
13. What are the living conditions like at Marta’s camp (193-194)? Do think this is fair?
Squalor (194):
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14. Who do they meet at the camp (194-195)? What does Esperanza do? What does this
tell you about how she’s changed?
15. What does Marta warn Esperanza about (195-196)? What effects could this have?
16. How does Miguel view the strike (196-197)? How is this different than how Esperanza
sees it?
Chapter 11 - Los Espárragos (Asparagus) - 199-213
17. What are the strikers doing (199)?
18. What do the strikers do to those that continue working (199-203)? Why do you think
they are doing this?
19. What does the caravan of gray busses and police cars mean (205)?
20. What happens to the woman who says she is a citizen (206)? Do you think that is fair?
21. What will happen to the people on the busses (206-207)? What happens to their
families?
Deportation (207):
22. What seems “wrong” to Esperanza on page 208? Do you agree?
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23. Who does Esperanza find (208-209)?
24. What does she do (208-209)?
25. Describe the scene at the striker’s camp (211-212).
Desolate (212):
26. When Esperanza finds the piñata it is described as being “torn up with its insides
torn out” (213). What does the piñata symbolize?
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